The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday slapped down California’s bid for first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, refusing the state a waiver that would have allowed those restrictions to take effect.
“The Bush administration is moving forward with a clear national solution — not a confusing patchwork of state rules,” EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson told reporters on a conference call. “I believe this is a better approach than if individual states were to act alone.” (Read More)
There you have it: delicious greasy lumps of war-coal for everyone.
That EPA admin’s comments stink of a Karen Hughes’ condescending 3-word bumpersticker bullshit campaign. I’m reminded of commercials for as-seen-on-tv products, trying to sell me a solution for a problem that never existed in a tone that actually makes me question my sanity:
[Narrator]: “The Vac-u-stick 3000. How often has this happened to you?”
Cut to…
[Scene of woman trying to get one of those clunky, old fashioned 300 lb. canister vacuums out of closet, only to get tangled up in the cord and hoses, fall into a tank full of pirhana, break the glass, and stab her eyes out]
Cut to…
[Mysteriously resurrected woman reading from cue cards]: “WHY… … … DOES. VACUUMING… … … HAVE. TO. BE… … SO COMPLICATED. AND. DANGEROUS? … … … … … OW.”
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Tis the season.
No, not Christmas, but politics, terror, and the war on everything. What fabulous surprises does Kris Kringlebush have in store for America’s collective hearth stockings in his last holiday season?
- Proof from Ann Coulter that Democrats really are stupid yet diabolically evil traitors (Hillary has been having islamist lesbian botox abortion sex parties within spitting distance of a Gymboree!!^&#$)?
- A fancy update to that tired security advisory system (Threat level: Rudolph Red)?
- The “discovery” of a terrorist plot to harm the blond and blue eyed goodness of the heartland (Al Qaida queenpin codename “Mrs. Klaws” caught anthraxing our chirrun’s snickerdoodles)?
- America’s most wanted criminal captured (George and Bandar, doing a bit of last minute Christmas shopping, smoked bin Laden out of his hole and got those nice folks at Macy’s to wrap him up in a shiny bow)?
- News that the “surge” is working (Last month had more suicide bombings in about 4 years, so let’s surge some more, this time with feeling!!1one!1)?
Oh, I shiver in anticipation.
(Above: Nifty Evil Santa image from PeterForret’s flickr stream)
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While she [Condoleeza Rice] never seemed an ideological Republican prior to her time with Bush Sr, upon her return to Stanford, many of her friends - who, interestingly, are in the main far more leftwing than she is - detected a hardening in her approach to issues such the affirmative action that had greatly assisted her own rise. She was also extremely autocratic. She was intelligent; she was always right. She believed deeply that she was God’s instrument, guided by His will. Despite her inexperience as a manager, she felt that compromise and coalition-building were an unnecessary waste of time. She could be ruthless. She accomplished much, was also feared - and, of course, she was exceptional. (Read More)
Referral from Princess Sparkle Pony blog
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Published at November 2, 2007
in sad and war.
NPR played a few minutes from a 2000 interview with Paul Tibbets last night. When the interviewer brought the question around to whether or not he felt any moral pangs, he said something along the lines of “No. We did what we had to do. It’s not a question of morals. War is not moral.” A stark contrast to the holy righteous quest we’re in now.
Paul W. Tibbets Jr., who piloted the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb in combat - an attack that helped end World War II and usher in the atomic age - died Thursday at his home in Columbus, Ohio. (Read More)
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Karen Hughes is “retiring,” yet another exodus from the Bush admin. Why the hell won’t she go away forever? Fucking Halloween zombie.
Read more on huffpo
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Published at August 15, 2007
in war.
The United States has decided to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country’s 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a “specially designated global terrorist,” according to U.S. officials, a move that allows Washington to target the group’s business operations and finances. (Read More)
Uhh. We’re calling someone else’s army “terrorist?” What. The. Eff? This can’t possibly bode well for mid east relations. At all.
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Cindy Sheehan has declared her candidacy against San Francisco’s House representative, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Sheehan says she’s running because Pelosi didn’t move to impeach Bush by July 23. She’s running as an independent and, along with the anti-war thing, is also running on a platform for universal health care.
No word if Sheehan’s moved (Read More)
Sorry Cindy. If you were running against Dianne not-so-Feinstein, I’d walk on coals for your ass, but Pelosi is doing a decent job.
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Update: Found a great image on boners.com
I’ve absolutely had it with people bandying variants of the phrase “Support the troops” around. It’s like saying “We support children” or “Air is necessary to breathe.”
Of course we support the troops. Who the hell doesn’t? No one in their right mind would say and mean “I don’t support the troops” because that would be irrational. The military depends completely on masses of soldiers conforming. The troops wouldn’t be where they are if they couldn’t follow orders. Obviously it’s the people giving the orders that some folks don’t support.
I blame Karen Hughes. This is exactly the sort of idiotically oversimplified catch phrase that asshole is famous for. People too stupid to think for themselves can say it and feel good. People who are smart enough to recognize it as utter smoke and mirrors horseshit are reviled by the first category. It’s a win win for the war machine.
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This wasn’t predictable at ALL.
The day after a fiery gasoline truck accident destroyed key ramps in the MacArthur Maze interchange, security analysts and truck drivers weighed the scope of damage a deliberate terrorist attack using tankers could cause U.S. metropolises and highways.
Security experts said the crash — and the costly repairs — demonstrated how easy it would be for terrorists to disrupt normal life in major U.S. cities. (Read More)
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